Almond Chickpea Flour Cookies

I really like these cookies! I think about them sometimes in the most inopportune times – like while walking through the fog this morning.

We were awoken by foghorns today; it went off persistently every few minutes until it forced me out of bed, and as the sun shone through the fog on my way to work I figured we were in for the most perfect of winter days; sunny, bright with crisp chilly air and brilliant blue skies.

I thought of how much I’d love to have a winter picnic… perhaps of hot cocoa and cookies, and how ideal these almond chickpea flour cookies would be.

This is probably the first cookie recipe I ever pinned, yet I only started making them quite recently, and I’ve made them several times since.

It’s delicate and crunchy, the kind of cookie you would crumble over ice cream – if you were into that sort of thing.

I like these cookies a lot!

The first time I made them was an experiment of sorts; I substituted fine-ground white cornmeal for semolina because that was what I had around at the moment, it worked so perfectly I haven’t yet used semolina like the original recipe called for.

They are a lot like these almond butter cookies, another favourite… both are almond based, gluten free and of course vegan – these however are a little airier with a subtle fragrance of cardamom.

Chickpea flour also adds sweet nuttiness and a good boost of protein, which isn’t typical of cookies.

The cookies in the photos are from a month ago when we were in the throes of the holiday season, I was eager to use my new Christmas present, a cookie press. It was a trying endeavour… some shapes more so than others but they turned out well (I think).

I feel I should caution against the temptation to taste the dough before it’s baked as raw chickpeas tastes not too pleasant.

Something wonderful happens when they’re baked though, and you can’t really tell that these cookies have chickpeas in them.

Yeah, chickpea flour! Wouldn’t believe it either if I didn’t put it in there myself

http://elsbro.com/blog Elsa

Yay! Please do and let me know if you like them

Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry

Oh E, these are just the sort of thing I dream about making. I want to cook more with almond flour.

http://www.sophiesfoodiefiles.wordpress.com/ Sophiesfoodiefiles

I made your delectable cookies & loved them so much! They were amazing & had lovely flavours in them! MMMMM! x

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Aww… I’m so glad you liked them – they’re my absolute favourite

Nate

Been trying to get around to making cookies for a while though the last few efforts were nothing special, was thinking of adapting this recipe to incorporate Oatmeal, Sesame Butter / Paste, Brown Sugar and Ginger (though not excluding Cardamon) to see how it turns out.

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That sounds incredible! I’d love to see what you come up with. I especially love the idea of oatmeal, ginger and sesame butter:)